Grants and Contributions

This 21-month systemic change project aims to scale the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) Leading Change program to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. It will scale to a national level, involving new corporate partners and shelters across the country. It will address the effects of violence, harassment, and discrimination on women when in the workplace; and the financial literacy needs and economic empowerment of survivors. It will take a two-pronged approach: 1. Engaging with local and national employers across the country in domestic violence in the workplace training 2. Establishing a Community of Practice for VAW shelters and transition houses on providing economic empowerment and support programs for women fleeing violence.

Through this 21-month systemic change project, Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) will scale the Bridge to Gender Equality Project, to advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles. It will scale to the democratic, civic, public, and private sectors working with stakeholders including BIPOC communities. The project will identify and address gender bias norms in hiring practices and build an inclusive human resource framework to support more women in applying and to be considered for leadership roles.

To do so, Women in Leadership will design and facilitate pathways for employers to place future leadership opportunities with women candidates including women from the BIPOC communities across the country. This includes a dedicated Indigenous Lead (community leader) working with employers with a reconciliation lens. The project will engage employers to sign the Transforming the Workplace Pledge and provide pledge signatories with consultation on identifying and addressing their workplace policy and culture gaps.

Through this 21-month systemic change project, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC will scale the $10aDay Child Care initiative to advance women’s economic security and prosperity and representation in organizational leadership and decision-making roles. It will scale the measurable public policy and funding progress achieved to date, prioritizing equitable access to flexible $10aDay child care in BC staffed by fairly compensated educators. It will address intersectional barriers facing women who are disproportionately impacted in their search for and/or work in child care. To do so, the project will engage underrepresented women to co-develop system-building solutions and recommendations, develop a Provincial Advocates’ Network, convene inclusive Policy Tables and Childcare Dialogues across BC, and promote leadership opportunities within the childcare sector for racialized women, women living on low-incomes, with disabilities, and in northern and rural communities.

Through this 33-month project, Le code des filles will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. More specifically, the project will address systemic barriers in QC’s education system so that young girls can gain exposure to careers in technology. To achieve this, Le code des filles will share, enhance, create, and publish digital educational tools on a free platform to guide teachers. The organization will then support teachers in providing a suitable, safe, inclusive environment for elementary and secondary school students to learn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The tools and support for teaching staff will encourage youth to expand their knowledge of STEM, with the ultimate goal of giving girls equal opportunities to gain an interest in and pursue careers in technology. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 33-month systemic change project, Women’s Enterprises Society of BC will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within Financial Institutions’ (FI) lending systems for Women Business Owners (WBO) that need capital to start and grow businesses by consulting with WBOs to identify system level barriers, working with Fis to develop tools and best practices, hosting a conference for Fis to learn from the lived experience of community members for systemic change and supporting credit unions to implement changes to policies and procedures.

An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 33-month systemic change project, Sudbury Women’s Centre will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within high-paying, male-dominated industries such as mining, construction, and engineering. These industries provide a vast majority of the stable, quality positions within Northern Ontario’s employment market. The project will achieve this by conducting a needs assessment; developing both online training and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion assessment tool; creating a collaborative network of relevant agencies, which will then be used to distribute resources and knowledge to organizations within these industries; and testing these resources with individual women and employers. The project will also undertake research into the sustainability of the activities. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 21-month systemic change project, Achēv will scale the Advancing Equality for Immigrant and Racialized Women and Girls project to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. It will scale the project to the province of Ontario. It will address barriers to the entry, retention, and success in the workplace for immigrant and racialized women. To do so, the project will 1) engage and work with organizations in Ontario to address inequities through the application of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) practices and principles; 2) undertake ongoing consultation with immigrant and racialized women for their input while providing tailored information sessions and briefings to employers in Ontario; 3) organize and conduct targeted employers’ interventions, leveraging the existing DEIA Toolkit and assessment framework; and 4) conduct ongoing program review and evaluation in preparation for a final best practices manual and advanced toolkit.

Through this 33-month systemic change project, Minerva Foundation for BC Women will advance women's economic security and prosperity by addressing inequitable compensation systems in small and medium sized organizations. Minerva will engage a minimum of 110 organizations in a cohort-based learning model that requires organizations to conduct an intersectional gender compensation analysis and report findings to internal stakeholders. Organizations will also be required to identify next steps for addressing gaps and implementing practices to minimize the impact of discriminatory systems. Participants will have access to resources, learning content, expert advice, and a community of practice. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.